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Add notes about path.parse(), path.basename() and path.dirname()
ignoring trailing slashes.

PR-URL: #12181
Fixes: #6229
Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <benjamingr@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Refael Ackermann <refack@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Sam Roberts <vieuxtech@gmail.com>
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tniessen authored and evanlucas committed Apr 25, 2017
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* Returns: {string}

The `path.basename()` methods returns the last portion of a `path`, similar to
the Unix `basename` command.
the Unix `basename` command. Trailing directory separators are ignored, see
[`path.sep`][].

For example:

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* Returns: {string}

The `path.dirname()` method returns the directory name of a `path`, similar to
the Unix `dirname` command.
the Unix `dirname` command. Trailing directory separators are ignored, see
[`path.sep`][].

For example:

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* Returns: {Object}

The `path.parse()` method returns an object whose properties represent
significant elements of the `path`.
significant elements of the `path`. Trailing directory separators are ignored,
see [`path.sep`][].

The returned object will have the following properties:

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// Returns: ['foo', 'bar', 'baz']
```

*Note*: On Windows, both the forward slash (`/`) and backward slash (`\`) are
accepted as path segment separators; however, the `path` methods only add
backward slashes (`\`).

## path.win32
<!-- YAML
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The `path.win32` property provides access to Windows-specific implementations
of the `path` methods.

*Note*: On Windows, both the forward slash (`/`) and backward slash (`\`)
characters are accepted as path delimiters; however, only the backward slash
(`\`) will be used in return values.

[`path.posix`]: #path_path_posix
[`path.sep`]: #path_path_sep
[`path.win32`]: #path_path_win32
[`path.parse()`]: #path_path_parse_path
[`TypeError`]: errors.html#errors_class_typeerror

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